Ketchikan and Wrangall, Alaska

The scenery was only nature in the northern parts of Canada shoreline, however once we entered Alaskan water, then the shore started showing some signs of habitation with houses here and there. Some had boats only out front, some had sea planes or pontoon planes.
Ketchikan was our first stop. It is the first town located within the 16 million acre Tongass National Forest which is a temperate rain forest. Ketchikan is on three islands, and requires a boat to visit the entire town. We left the boat but did not have time to see much as a sister ship was in our way of docking which delayed us and the stop was shortened to stay on schedule. On the way back we hope to have more time to look around. http://www.visit-ketchican.com/
Somewhere I read that Wrangell was the first town in Alaska, but I do not remember if it was first American town, or Russian town, however Russia is a long ways from Wrangell. It was probably the first incorporated American town. It is where we saw the first large group of bald eagles. They were flying around and landing on roofs and sitting in trees. (We have driven to Reelfoot Lake in NW Tennessee to see one or two sitting in trees, and here they are everywhere.) Wrangell has a bear and wildlife observatory and is close to glaciers. It has great salmon fishing for sockeye (red) or pink salmon. There is also sea fishing available as Halibut is the other great Alaskan fish. http://www.wrangall.com